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Dr Verena Platzgummer

Ph.D.

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
School of Education
University of Galway
E: Verena.Platzgummer@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Verena Platzgummer earned her PhD in linguistics from the University of Vienna in 2021. In her research, she takes a critical sociolinguistic approach to linguistic repertoires, language ideologies and language policies, addressing the complexity of historical minority spaces in the light of more recent immigration. Her research so far has focused on the trilingual Italian province of South Tyrol, where she grew up herself. At the University of Galway, she works as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the project 'Gaeltacht Families and Multilingualism' (GAELFAM). 

Research Interests

Language ideologies, family language policy, language policy in education, linguistic minoritization, migration

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2024) 'Spatial ideologies on official bilingualism and co-located schools in Finland and South Tyrol, Italy'
From, Tuuli; Platzgummer, Verena; Laihonen, Petteri; Sahlström, Fritjof; Péter Szabó, Tamás (2024) 'Spatial ideologies on official bilingualism and co-located schools in Finland and South Tyrol, Italy'. Language and Education, [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Language policies and practices in early childhood education: perspectives across European migration societies. Introduction to the special issue'
Platzgummer, Verena; Thoma, Nadja (2023) 'Language policies and practices in early childhood education: perspectives across European migration societies. Introduction to the special issue'. International Journal of Multilingualism, 20 (4):1277-1286 [DOI] [Details]
(2023) ''It's a bit contradictory': teachers' stances to (practiced) language policies in German-language ECEC in Italy'
Thoma, Nadja; Platzgummer, Verena (2023) ''It's a bit contradictory': teachers' stances to (practiced) language policies in German-language ECEC in Italy'. International Journal of Multilingualism, 20 (4):1319-1335 [DOI] [Details]

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